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Laumontite from
U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Laumontite
Formula:CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Formation:Secondary
Comments:In Alpine cleft with microcrystalline datolite, quartz, adularia, chalcopyrite.
Colour:chalky white
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Laumontite data
Locality Data:Click here to view U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1243449
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1243449:5
GUID (UUID V4):4478bb00-0aae-4205-b865-93e13f3b5541
Nearest other occurrences of Laumontite
6.7km (4.2 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) Interstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
22.5km (14.0 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) State Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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